The Europa League shed another 16 teams this week as the first knockout stage of the competition comes to a close. Three more British teams made their way through to the round of 16 after Tottenham became the first side to qualify on Wednesday night, with an 8-1 aggregate win over Wolfsberger.
Steven Gerrard's Rangers and Mikel Arteta's Arsenal promptly joined them in Thursday night's early kickoffs. The 'Gers finished the job they started in Belgium by seeing off Antwerp, while the Gunners came through a thriller with Benfica in Athens.
Manchester United's place in the last 16 was all but confirmed after a 4-0 win in the first leg of the round of 32 tie against Real Sociedad and they completed the job at Old Trafford.
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